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...for a while it appeared the proposed regulations might survive the lobbying onslaught. And then the FCC and its allies ran into a most unlikely opponent, one with the moral authority to do real damage to their cause: National Public Radio. In fact, two prominent pro-consumer Democrats, Massachusetts's John Kerry and Oregon's Ron Wyden, have cited NPR's impact on their decision to oppose the FCC's low-power initiative. "It's absolutely, one hundred percent very clear that Ron Wyden and John Kerry were heavily influenced by NPR," says Cheryl Leanza of the nonprofit Media Access Project. "Individuals who would have been incredibly friendly to diverse voices on the airwaves ... were swayed." And, quite possibly, duped.